VRB Power announces sale of 120 kWh system to Riso National Laboratory in Denmark
Tuesday June 6
VANCOUVER, June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - VRB Power Systems Inc. (TSX-V: VRB - News) announces the sale of a 15kW x 8hr (120kWh) VRB-ESS(TM) to Riso National Laboratory in Denmark ("Riso"). Riso conducts research on new technologies that can create opportunities for Danish Society in general and Danish industry specifically. Riso has a strong focus on technologies which have a positive environmental impact as well as technologies related to energy generation.
In a project supported by Energinet.dk, the Danish Transmission System Operator, this system will be evaluated by Riso and the project partners PA Energy A/S and OI-electric A/S for use in a number of applications, both grid-connected and grid-independent, which utilize wind as the primary generation source. Riso will evaluate this system on behalf of a number of the key participants in the Danish wind industry and VRB Power anticipates significant interest in its products from this evaluation.
Approximately 20% of current Danish electricity consumption is from wind power, the highest percentage of any country in the world, and the Danish Government has stated that it wants to increase this to 35%. VRB Power believes that there are significant opportunities for its products in renewable markets in Denmark and across Europe.
"We are pleased that Riso will be undertaking a high profile assessment of our technology," stated Tim Hennessy, President and CEO of VRB Power. "Denmark enjoys a very strong wind regime and it is impressive to see such strong utilisation of this truly sustainable resource. However, we believe that our technology will help alleviate issues of intermittency and curtailment which will arise with such a high penetration of wind generation. The ability of our systems to store electricity at all times, whether peak or "off peak", and to release this electricity when needed most, also enables full value to be realised for all wind generated electricity."
"We see the VRB-ESS as one of the technologies with a potential of being the glue that binds together a power system with a high penetration of wind energy and distributed generation. We are looking forward to testing a unit in our SYSLAB - a distributed energy system test facility - and characterising the unit for use in a Danish context," stated Henrik Bindner, Senior Scientist and project manager of Riso.
About Riso
Riso (www.risoe.dk) is a national laboratory in Denmark under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.
Riso carries out research in science and technology, providing Danish society with new opportunities for technological development. This research creates new opportunities for Danish industry. It contributes to the development of environmentally acceptable methods for agricultural and industrial production as well as for the generation of the energy necessary for modern society.
Riso's Wind Energy Department aims to meet the need for new knowledge in wind energy. The overall objectives of the research of the department are:
- to develop new opportunities and technology for the exploitation of wind energy;
- to advance the competitiveness of wind energy;
- to further the global application of wind energy; and
- to advance the basic atmospheric physics which is used to calculate the effect of the wind on major constructions and
buildings.
Riso's research is carried out in co-operation with industry and other end-users on a national, European and international basis and in close collaboration or alliances with national and foreign universities, research institutions, and organisations.
Riso's scientific expertise is advanced through field tests, laboratory tests and numerical modeling. The Wind Energy Department works within strategic and applied research in most themes of wind power meteorology, wind turbine technology, and applications of wind energy, |
